Those who appreciate and respect the men and women of the U.S. military can spend a little money to give veterans a big honor.

Jodie Stocks of Washington Township, the volunteer coordinator of the Wreaths Across America program for three cemeteries in the county's northern section, said she is short about 200 wreaths for Union Cemetery in West Sunbury.

The program sees volunteers honor deceased veterans across the U.S. by laying wreaths at each veteran's grave in designated cemeteries.

This year's Wreaths Across America will take place on Saturday, Dec. 18 at five county cemeteries.

The wreaths for the project come from donations of $15 per wreath, which are made in Maine and sent to the volunteer coordinators.

Stocks said she has enough funds for about 200 wreaths at Union Cemetery.

“Union has more than 400 veterans, and we are not able to completely cover wreaths for every veteran there,” Stocks said.

She hopes county residents will log onto wreathsacrossamerica.org, scroll down to “Where We Remember”, click on “Find a specific location” and type in “West Sunbury Union Cemetery” to donate one or more wreaths.

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